Games like The Simplest Game
If The Simplest Game is your kind of game, the closest matches are Braid, Anniversary Edition, Hue and Saviorless — picked from the ranked list below. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About The Simplest Game: The Simplest Game is a 2D logic game with pixel graphics. Yes, this is actually the simplest game ever! Every level in this game is the same. But try to get out of the level and not break your brain!
Players who liked The Simplest Game also play
Steam players who put hours into The Simplest Game also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Braid, Anniversary Edition
WHY THIS
Top pick for The Simplest Game fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Simplest Game.
Control the flow of time to solve puzzles in this new version of the indie classic, featuring fully repainted artwork, a new world of puzzles, and seriously in-depth commentary.
Hue
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for The Simplest Game fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Simplest Game.
Hue is a vibrant, award-winning puzzle-adventure, where you alter the world by changing its background colour.
Saviorless
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for The Simplest Game fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Simplest Game.
Embark on a journey to The Smiling Islands, the realm of the Saviors, where an enigmatic guide beckons. The seasoned narrator has shared this story countless times, yet none have graced the miraculous land. Can you seize your narrative and ascend as a Savior?
Songs for a Hero - Definitive Edition
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for The Simplest Game fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Simplest Game.
A classic platform with a twist: A dynamic soundtrack and funny lyrics that sings the player's actions and responds to what is happening during the adventure.
A Fold Apart
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for The Simplest Game fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Simplest Game.
A puzzle game that explores the emotional rollercoaster of a long-distance relationship — in a world of folding paper! Flip, fold, unfold and rotate paper puzzles to help a couple navigate the complexities of living apart.
Lost Words: Beyond the Page
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for The Simplest Game fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Simplest Game.
A short, fully voiced, story-first adventure across two worlds. Rearrange words into platforms in Izzy’s diary, then wield word magic to shape your path in the fantasy she writes. Gentle puzzles, watercolour wonder, and a bittersweet story of family, loss, and healing.
Thomas Was Alone
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for The Simplest Game fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Simplest Game.
Guide a group of rectangles through 120 levels, using their different skills together to overcome a series of obstacles in each environment. Discover the human-made story of the first sentient artificial intelligences with Danny Wallace’s BAFTA-winning narration.
Super Time Force Ultra
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for The Simplest Game fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Simplest Game.
Super Time Force Ultra is an insane platformer filled with robots and dinosaurs and fun and time travel... sometimes all at the same time!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Simplest Game at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Simplest Game on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Simplest Game.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Simplest Game on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with The Simplest Game.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Simplest Game on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Simplest Game.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Simplest Game on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Simplest Game.
"Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!
Bit Blaster XL
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Simplest Game on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Simplest Game.
Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!
Dictators:No Peace Countryballs
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Simplest Game on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Simplest Game.
Dictators : No Peace Countryballs is a war simulation and dictator game. This is a fun,simple and some say a funny countryballs game. If you like simulation games, you will love playing Dictators : No Peace. Play as a dictator of your favourite country and colonize the world.
TYRONE vs COPS
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Simplest Game on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Simplest Game.
Awaken the latent power of your melanin and kill cops in this thought-provoking game on police brutality in America.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with The Simplest Game.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Simplest Game.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Simplest Game.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Simplest Game.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Simplest Game.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Simplest Game.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Simplest Game.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Braid, Anniversary Edition
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Simplest Game.
Control the flow of time to solve puzzles in this new version of the indie classic, featuring fully repainted artwork, a new world of puzzles, and seriously in-depth commentary.
Saviorless
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Simplest Game.
Embark on a journey to The Smiling Islands, the realm of the Saviors, where an enigmatic guide beckons. The seasoned narrator has shared this story countless times, yet none have graced the miraculous land. Can you seize your narrative and ascend as a Savior?
Songs for a Hero - Definitive Edition
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Simplest Game.
A classic platform with a twist: A dynamic soundtrack and funny lyrics that sings the player's actions and responds to what is happening during the adventure.
A Fold Apart
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Simplest Game.
A puzzle game that explores the emotional rollercoaster of a long-distance relationship — in a world of folding paper! Flip, fold, unfold and rotate paper puzzles to help a couple navigate the complexities of living apart.
Lost Words: Beyond the Page
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Simplest Game.
A short, fully voiced, story-first adventure across two worlds. Rearrange words into platforms in Izzy’s diary, then wield word magic to shape your path in the fantasy she writes. Gentle puzzles, watercolour wonder, and a bittersweet story of family, loss, and healing.
Super Time Force Ultra
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with The Simplest Game.
Super Time Force Ultra is an insane platformer filled with robots and dinosaurs and fun and time travel... sometimes all at the same time!
Frequently asked about The Simplest Game
- How much does The Simplest Game cost?
- The Simplest Game is listed on Steam at 1.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to The Simplest Game?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Simplest Game are Braid, Anniversary Edition, Hue, Saviorless.
- Who developed The Simplest Game?
- The Simplest Game was developed by Simple Studio.
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